Man on the Moon Blood with Inara Sky

In this deeply vulnerable and transformative episode of the For the People podcast, host Aliko Weste sits down in Boulder, Colorado, with friend, priestess, and healer Inara Sky.Taking listeners on a profoundly personal journey, Aliko opens up about his decision in October 2024 to temporarily pause his testosterone to experience a menstrual cycle once again. Navigating this reality as a man experiencing a period, Aliko unpacks his deep dive into the profound differences between testosterone and estrogen, framing these hormones not just as biology, but as completely different energetic blueprints and realities.In this episode, Aliko and Inara explore:The stark energetic contrast between hormones: experiencing testosterone as a "wall" that creates a "me and the world" dynamic, versus estrogen dissolving those boundaries to feel deeply connected to everything.The profound realization and recurring theme that "men are in the world and women are of the world".How hormonal differences can shape human empathy, attunement, and our ability to intimately feel our surroundings.A raw, real-time exploration of these themes, recorded while Aliko was actively bleeding.Join Aliko and Inara for this raw, mystical, and eye-opening conversation about the biological codes that shape our existence and what it truly feels like to live on both sides of the hormonal veil.